The Aesthetics of Nostalgia : Historical Representation in Old English Verse /

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Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historical verse in terms of how its aesthetic form interacted with the culture and politics of the period.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trilling, Renee R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Old English
Latín
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nostalgia in literature.
Literature and history.
History in literature.
English poetry > Old English.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Histoire dans la litterature.
Nostalgie dans la litterature.
Litterature et histoire > Angleterre.
Poesie anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Literature and history > England.
English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Form of History
  • 1. Art and History in Old English Heroic Poetry
  • 2. In Principio: Origins of the Present in Anglo-Saxon Biblical Verse
  • 3. Verse Memorials and the Viking Conflict
  • 4. Poetic Memory: The Canonical Verse of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • 5. Transitional Verse in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Changing the Shape of History
  • Conclusion: The Past in the Present.

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